Montgomery County, PA

Restore business to a minimum then a normal level of operations as soon as possible

To provide for direction and leadership

Prepare and respond in order to minimize the level of impact on employees and their families, customers, vendors, and providers

Form the plan development team

Establish a leader and charge the team to develop the plan

Issue a mission statement  defining the purpose of the plan and the authority and structure of the planning team

Set a project timeline and work within those planning deadlines 

Conduct a hazard vulnerability survey to identify what hazards the business has been or could be affected by both natural and manmade

Identify the hazards

Form a risk assessment of those hazards 

Analyze the impact of the hazards on the business

Strategic Plan: Defines the vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the program

Emergency operations/response plan: Assigns responsibilities to organizations and individuals for carrying out specific actions at projected times and places in an emergency or disaster

Mitigation Plan: Establishes short and long term actions to reduce or eliminate the effects of hazards

Recovery Plan: This component is developed using strategies based on short-term and long-term priorities, processes, vital resources, and acceptable time frames for restoration of services, facilities, programs, and infrastructure

Continuity Plan: Identify the critical and time sensitive applications, vital records, processes, and functions that shall be maintained, as well as the personnel and procedures necessary to do so, while the damaged entity is being recovered.